๐ฅ Missed the opening keynote at EdTechX Summit 2026? It's live now.
To kick off the 12th edition of EdTechX, Charles McIntyre (CEO & Founder) and Rory Henson (Partner) of IBIS Capital took the stage to revisit a bold set of predictions from last yearโฆ and the results were hard to ignore.
From the rise of autonomous AI agents to a 16% drop in junior job openings tied to AI exposure, from the academic "cheating crisis" to a sobering shift in how AI researchers themselves view catastrophic risk, Charles and Rory unpacked what's actually happened in the last twelve months.
But this wasn't just a look back. They laid out a new framework for the industry: AI as both tutor and apprentice, and three concrete moves for L&D and education leaders in 2026 โ building the "alignment infrastructure," redefining AI fluency as a civic literacy (not just prompt-writing), and shifting assessment from product to process.
๐๐ฌ ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ: "2026 ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ญ ๐ ๐ญ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ซ. ๐๐๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐จ๐ง๐." ๐ Watch the full opening keynote now:
๐ Huge thanks to Charles McIntyre and Rory Henson for setting the tone for an incredible day at EdTechX 2026.